Hand-bag and similar article.



G. H. GENTZEL.

HAND BAG AND SIMILAR ARTICLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1912.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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UNITED STATES` PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV H. GENTZEL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO J OIIN MEI-IL& COMPIANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0F..NEW JERSEY.

HAND-BAG AND SIMILAR ARTICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

* Application filed September 7, 1912. Serial No. 719,121.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV H. GENTZEL, a citizen of the United States,and a residentof Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Bags4 andSimilar Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in hand bags and similar articles whereby the frame andbody are fastened together` by invisible means and in an exceedinglystrong and durable manner, at the same time retaining the hand-sewedappearance of the ba In order to accomplish the desired result use ismade of a metallic bag frame, a body having a lining, a flexiblereinforce intermediate the said frame and the said lining and extendingalong the margin of the lining, and stitches passing through thereinforce, the lining and body and appearing on the outside of the saidbody, the said reinforce being folded around the bag frame onedirection, and the said body being folded around the said bag frame inthe opposite direction, the reinforce of the body being fastenedtogether at the inner sides of the frame.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved hand bag; Fig. 2 is anenlarged cross` section of one side of the hand bag; Fig. 3 is anenlarged perspective view of a portion of the body, its lining and thesuperimposed strips forming the reinforce and sewed to the lining andbody; Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross section of one part of the metallicframe, a corresponding portion of the body lining and reinforce prior tofolding the body and reinforce onto the frame part; Fig. 5 is a similarview of the same showing the reinforce folded around the metal framepart; Fig. G is a similar view of the same showing the parts fastenedtogether. Fig. 7 is a perspective detail of one corner of the frame.

In hand bags, satchels, traveling bags and similar articles as nowgenerally constructed, it is customary to provide the metal frame withapertures to which the leather body of the bag is sewed by hand yinorder to connect the metal frame and the body with each other. The handsewing renders the bag rather expensive to make, and in order to providea bag which is practically as strong as the hand-sewed bag-but can bemore cheaply constructed and without hand sewing is the object `of theinvention presently to be described indetail. The leather body 'A of thehand bag, Satchel, traveling bag or like article is provided with theusual lining B terminating a distance from the margin of the bodyAas,plainly indicated in Fig. 3. The metal bag frame C is of the usualconstruction, that is, is formed of two U-shaped parts hinged togetheratr the ends, each part being preferably made of angle .iron so as to`rprovide flanges C', C2 standing at right angles one to the other. Aleather covering strip C3 is preferably glued to each of the corners ofthe bag frame parts at the inner side thereof, as indicated in Fig. 7,so as to cover the joint of the middle and end members.

A flexible reinforce formed of two superimposed flexible strips D, D, ofleather, canvas or the like, is interposed between the flange C of thebag frame and the body and lining, and this reinforce ranges along themargin of the lining B, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3. Stitches Efasten the reinforcing strips D, D, the lining B and the body Atogether, the stitches E appearing on the outer face of the body Adirectly opposite the bag frame thus giving the bag the appearance of ahand-sewed bag, that is, one in which the body and its lining are sewedto the metal bag frame. The strip D of the rein force is glued to theouter face of the flange C and the other or outer strip D is somewhatwider than the strip D and is folded around the edge o-f the flange Cand glued to the inner face thereof, as plainly indicated in Fig. 5. Theportion of the body A projecting beyond the lining B is folded over andglued to the flange C2 of the metal frame C,`then passed around the edgeof the said flange and glued to the under side thereof and then foldedonto the portion of the strip D engaging the inner face of the flange C(see Fig. 6), so that the flanges C and C2 of each metal frame part arecompletely inclo'sed by the said body A,"- and the reinforce,^the bo-dyand frame are securely united with each other.l Byfthe arrangementdescribed the ,bagcan be cheaply manufactured as it requirescomparatively little skill to foldlthe reinforcing strip D under the bagframe and onto the inner face ythereof and to fold the margin of thebody A in an opposite direction, that is, over the bag frame tothezinner face thereof and onto the correspondinginner portion of theVreinforcing strip` D, as above described and shown in Figs'. 2 and 6'.'1

It is u 4derstood that although the parts are described as being 'gluedtogether, it is evident that paste, cement or'oother suitable ladhesivesubstances may be used* to fasten theV corresponding parts together, andhence I do not limit myself to glue as the adhesive substance. Y 1 v n n`Having thus 'describedmy invention, I claim as new and ldesire-'tosecure by Letters Patent:

' 1. A hand bag, comprising a bag iframe, a body having a lining,Vagjfle'xible `lreinforce intermediate the Vsaid bag 'frame and' thesaid lin-ing and extending` along the margin of the lining, 4andstitches passing through the reinforce,"the lining and bdy,'andappearing on the outside ofthe saidlbdy,`the said reinforcebei'n'gfolded around thefbag Copies of this patent maybe obtainedwfol formed oftwo U-shaped parts hinged to- `gether at the ends, a bag body, a liningfor Y the bag body Aand terminating a distance from the margin of thesaid body, a flexible reinforce interposed between the said lining andthe vertical member of the correspond ing frame part, stitchespassingthrough 5the said reinforce, the lining and the said body, andappearing on the outside thereof, the said reinforce being formed of anouter strip and an inner strip, the strips being superimposed, theinner-strip overlying the outer face of the bag frame and the outerstrip being folded under the bag frame and glued to the inner facethereof, and the said 'body being folded over the bag frame and glued tothe inner portion of the said outer strip to completely inclose the saidbagframe. In testimony whereof I have Asigned my name to thisspecification in the two subscribingI witnesses.

' Y GUSTAV'H, GENTZEL. Witnesses: l f JOHN J. RoirrrNGn'R,` RUDOLPH C.E'MAY..

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